Rossija (airline)
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| IATA code : | FV |
| ICAO code : | SDM RSD for government flights |
| Call sign : | ROSSIYA |
| Founding: | 1992 |
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Saint Petersburg , Russia
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| Home airport : | Saint Petersburg Pulkovo |
| Company form: | State company |
| Management: | Roman Pachomov |
| Passenger volume: | 11.15 million (2017) |
| Freight volume: | 32,794 t (2017) |
| Fleet size: | 60 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.rossiya-airlines.com |
Rossija ( Russian Государственная транспортная компания "Россия" , English State Transport Company Rossiya ) is a state-owned Russian airline based in Saint Petersburg and based at Pulkovo Airport . It operates both public scheduled flights and flights for the Russian government and is - in terms of passenger volume - the second largest airline in Russia.
history
First years
In 1992 the state airline Aeroflot was split into regional independent airlines. In this context, one of the Aeroflot divisions stationed at Moscow-Vnukowo Airport became the new airline Rossija. Mainly Rossija provided the Russian government aircraft and also chartered these aircraft as part of VIP charter. All of the Russian President's VIP jets, two Ilyushin Il- 96-300, one Ilyushin Il-62 , one Tupolev Tu-154 and one Yakovlev Jak-40 were part of the Rossiya air fleet. In addition, it had only a few domestic Russian flight connections. The fleet was operated by the Pulkowo Airlines based in Saint Petersburg.
Merger with Pulkovo Airlines
Since 2003 a merger of the company with the Russian airline Pulkovo Airlines has been sought. The merger was finally announced on October 29, 2006. The general director of the old Rossija, Sergei Michaltschenko, now also heads the merged company. The company's headquarters were relocated to Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport.
In the course of the merger, Pulkowo Aviation Enterprise was split into its two areas, the operation of Pulkowo Airport and the operation of Pulkowo Airlines. While the city of Saint Petersburg took over the airport and positioned it as OAO Aeroport Pulkovo (German: Flughafen Pulkowo AG), the flight operations were brought into the state airline Rossija. The Russian state controls the country's two largest airlines, Aeroflot and Rossija. On the other hand, the city of Saint Petersburg now has better opportunities to develop Pulkovo Airport, after all the third largest airport in Russia.
Despite the merger, the planes of the old Pulkowo fleet will still carry the Pulkowo logo and will only be repainted over time (it is specified about a year). The flight numbers of the international Pulkowo connections will also continue to be shown with FV, so that you can continue to use the slots at foreign airports.
Development since 2007
On December 1st, Rossiya announced in a press release that a codeshare agreement had been made with Aeroflot for the flight connection Saint Petersburg - Moscow . Since January 1, 2007, the German connections of the two airlines have also been marketed via code sharing. The company also announced in a press release that the company will enter into a partnership with Finnair from June. Among other things, code sharing for the flights between Helsinki and Saint Petersburg was agreed. In addition, on June 1, 2007, it was decided to code-share with Austrian Airlines for the connections between Vienna - Saint Petersburg and Vienna - Krasnodar.
According to a press release dated January 22, 2007, Rossija (including its predecessor Pulkowo) carried 3,011,073 passengers in 2006, 2,658,742 of which were on scheduled services.
In March 2007, Rossija leased four Airbus A319-100s from Northwest Airlines , registered on the Bermuda Islands ( VP-B ... ). These four A319s replace a total of five old Tupolev Tu-154 B2s, which were scrapped by May 2007. The first Airbus A319 was delivered to the company on May 10, 2007 in the colors of Rossiya and was stationed at Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport. In 2007 a contract was also signed for the delivery of three former Boeing 767-300ERs for Skymark Airlines . The first machine has been in use since May 2008. In March 2008, Rossija also decided to lease several more A319s from Frontier Airlines' inventory .
The old Tupolev Tu-134 planes were to be replaced by four leased Bombardier CRJ200s from spring 2007 . Originally, before the merger, Pulkowo wanted Brazilian Embraer 170s , but as of the end of 2006 these should not be approved in Russia for a year. In June 2007, CEO Gennady Boldyrev finally announced that neither of the two types would join Rossiya.
At the end of June 2007 it became known that Rossija, along with ten other Russian airlines, had been withdrawn from the Russian flight authority to fly to the European Union . With this, the aviation authority wants to forestall the situation that Russian companies are included in the EU's black list that prohibit landing in the EU. Rossiya responded by saying that there must be a misunderstanding here.
The competent authorities of the Russian Federation have decided that only certain aircraft may be used for the operations of these airlines to the Community. Rossija (formerly Pulkowo) was only prohibited from flying into the Community with the aircraft IL-62M (RA-86467). She is allowed to fly unrestricted with all other aircraft. In the meantime, however, this machine has also been approved to fly into the EU.
In February 2010 it was announced that the Rossiya within two years with Aeroflot and five other smaller Russian regional airlines under the umbrella brand Aeroflot merge should, but this was not implemented during this period.
Destinations
In addition to government flights, Rossiya also operates numerous regular routes within and outside of Russia. All destinations are served by Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg and Moscow-Vnukowo Airport . Rossiya currently serves 64 destinations in 22 different countries, most of which are in Europe , but there are also destinations in the Middle East and Asia. Well-known destinations are London , Bangkok , Paris , Barcelona , Tel Aviv , Rome and Dubai . In the German-speaking area, Munich , Düsseldorf , Berlin , Hamburg and Vienna are served. In the past, Frankfurt am Main and Salzburg , as well as Beijing , Baku and Istanbul were also served . However, these routes were abandoned due to insufficient passenger numbers and too much competition, including from Aeroflot .
fleet
Current fleet
As of March 2020, the Rossija fleet consists of 60 aircraft with an average age of 14.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 20th | VQ-BAS in FC Zenit St. Petersburg - special livery; VQ-BCP in Russian Sports special livery | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 6th | |||
| Boeing 737-800 | 15th | |||
| Boeing 747-400 | 9 | EI-XLD in Caring for Tigers together -Special painting | ||
| Boeing 777-300 | 10 | EI-UNP in Far Eastern Leopard - special livery | ||
| total | 60 | - |
Rossija continues to operate aircraft for the government as SLO Rossija , including 2 Tupolev Tu-154s that are operated for the Russian secret service FSB . In 2016, the airline took over its first Boeing 747-400 from the bankrupt Transaero . A Boeing 747-400 was already in the fleet in spring 2016 and is to be used primarily on routes within Russia. Since 2015, only western aircraft have been in service in scheduled operations:
Former fleet
Although Rossiya currently only owns western planes, in the past only Soviet passenger planes were operated at times. These included Antonov An-148 (until 2015), Ilyushin Il-62 , Ilyushin Il-96 , Jakowlew Jak-40 , Mil Mi-8 ( helicopter ), Tupolew Tu-134 , Tupolew Tu-154 and Tupolev Tu-214 .
See also
Web links
- Rossija website
- Rossiya - Russian Airlines Fleet Details and History , accessed October 16, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF; 236 kB) Accessed January 30, 2018 (Russian).
- ↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Freight Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF; 238 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2018 (Russian).
- ↑ Russia News: "Airline merger ended: Pulkovo no longer flies" (October 30, 2006)
- ↑ a b RIA Novosti: "ГТК" Россия "планирует в 2008 году пополнить парк самолетами Airbus“ June 21, 2007.
- ↑ Russia News: "EU Imposes Landing Ban for Putin - Line" Rossija "" (June 29, 2007)
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 787/2007 of the Commission of July 4, 2007 . In: EG Official Journal. No. L 175 of July 5, 2007, pp. 10-25.
- ↑ airliners.de: Aeroflot on the way to old size? February 3, 2010.
- ^ About, Geography of flights. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
- ^ Rossiya - Russian Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ austrianwings.info
- ↑ About. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ About. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .